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Frackers follow tobacco's lead in funding research

post-gazette.com -- Pennsylvania remains the largest state without a tax on natural gas production, thanks in part to a study released under the banner of Penn State University.

The 2009 report predicted drillers would shun Pennsylvania if new taxes were imposed, and lawmakers cited it the following year when they rejected a 5 percent tax proposed by then-Gov. Ed Rendell.

"As an advocacy tool, it worked," Michael Wood, research director with the nonprofit Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center in Harrisburg, said in an interview. "If people wanted to find a reason to vote against having the industry taxed in that way, that gave them reason to do it."

What the study didn't do was note that it was sponsored by gas drillers and led by an economist, now at the University of Wyoming, with a history of pro

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Submitted Jul 29, 2012 By: teafortwo

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LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,667 Points:1,228,200 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2012 11:13:06 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Thanks for posting this interesting article Teafortwo!
Tehbob Champion Author California Posts:2,421 Points:482,830 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2012 12:03:22 PM Ignore Tehbob Report Abuse is that surprising?
jrs4125 Champion Author Indiana Posts:2,888 Points:617,495 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2012 7:18:52 AM Ignore jrs4125 Report Abuse Money can buy any result ordered.
BBopp Champion Author Dayton Posts:6,939 Points:1,956,705 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jul 30, 2012 5:52:12 AM Ignore BBopp Report Abuse Universities need money. Is anyone truly surprised that research tends to support those with the deepest purses?
LetemEatCake Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:5,667 Points:1,228,200 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 11:29:59 PM Ignore LetemEatCake Report Abuse Why does this surprise any thinking person? Follow the money....and see who is funding any University research. Obviously both PA and TX have their hands deeply into Big Oil/Gas pockets! That is not objective research!
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:11,289 Points:1,649,075 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 11:08:09 PM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse What else but the perfect industry shill cookbook of worst practices for all industry spin doctors. The Karl Rove School of Spin and Dirty Tricks and the Enron Graduate School are also quite popular for shills and spin doctors! Attendance is mandatory for all industry lobbyists as well. Thanks for excellent news articles today teafortwo. It is also wonderful to see the PD has been enjoying his time in the very well engineered and made Chevy Volt. Will wonders never cease!
PDQBlues Champion Author San Diego Posts:7,204 Points:1,474,075 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 10:02:57 PM Ignore PDQBlues Report Abuse MidNJ: Cigarettes cause lung cancer and heart disease??? Not according to RJ Reynolds It's all too true that money from these industries will greatly bias any "research" being conducted and published. Any negative data and findings will never be published as typically stipulated in the contracts signed by these corporations and academicians (that is, the corporation has final say for all released of information, especially publications).
MidNJ Champion Author New Jersey Posts:7,681 Points:1,196,290 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 5:41:00 PM Ignore MidNJ Report Abuse Cigarettes cause lung cancer and heart disease??? Not according to RJ Reynolds
fracknsave Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:1,666 Points:58,000 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 3:27:24 PM Ignore fracknsave Report Abuse Is that anything like the lame-brain bureaucrats taking their leads from always wrong prognosticator of world doom, liberals?
YumaFellow Champion Author Arizona Posts:1,421 Points:648,345 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 2:28:46 PM Ignore YumaFellow Report Abuse This only underscores my posting on another article about the relationship between corporate interests and professors. One has to look at who is funding the research and if there are payouts for certain conclusions.
Rich1430 All-Star Author Indiana Posts:764 Points:277,500 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 11:55:42 AM Ignore Rich1430 Report Abuse Agree with judgemobile on this.
Tracer2008 All-Star Author Alberta Posts:540 Points:320,820 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 10:36:40 AM Ignore Tracer2008 Report Abuse Flawed indeed
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:9,151 Points:777,900 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 10:20:51 AM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Well said judgemobile.
APlus Champion Author San Antonio Posts:4,013 Points:1,011,020 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 9:21:46 AM Ignore APlus Report Abuse flawed study
leraar2 Champion Author Massachusetts Posts:3,894 Points:813,430 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 9:14:23 AM Ignore leraar2 Report Abuse guess the study was flawed.
bar1035 Champion Author Charlotte Posts:9,329 Points:1,323,970 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 7:47:53 AM Ignore bar1035 Report Abuse I hear a lot peoples taxes are going up Jan 1st including ours
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:35,260 Points:2,397,120 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 4:40:55 AM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse all acadamia is questionable and very untrust worthy
Gas_Eyes Champion Author Dallas Posts:2,807 Points:670,610 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 4:03:06 AM Ignore Gas_Eyes Report Abuse Tracking has kept the US from sliding economically. Do we want to be like Europe where cracking is banned.
SBlouch Champion Author San Antonio Posts:8,828 Points:1,883,375 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 3:51:43 AM Ignore SBlouch Report Abuse Wonder how much money the members of Congress, who supported the NO tax, got from the natural gas companies.
KE4YBZ All-Star Author Knoxville Posts:580 Points:580,675 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 2:49:01 AM Ignore KE4YBZ Report Abuse Must we tax anything and everything that moves?! And what doesn't? And everthing else too?!
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:35,260 Points:2,397,120 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 2:23:02 AM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse tax tax tax, obamanomics in america, how about taxing politicians and these academic types for wasting citizens time and money
BEngr Champion Author Illinois Posts:6,842 Points:1,606,060 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:58:41 AM Ignore BEngr Report Abuse Good for Pennsylvania, by not imposing a tax on natural gas the state discovered that the gas industry created more jobs and those people pay taxes at a higher rate which means more revenue than what the gas tax would have generated. This a win win for the state.
DutchTreatMI Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:3,436 Points:777,215 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:36:51 AM Ignore DutchTreatMI Report Abuse I agree with judgemobile.
BJWI Champion Author Milwaukee Posts:6,546 Points:762,015 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:33:47 AM Ignore BJWI Report Abuse Without complete disclosure the report should be considered a sham.
tessnlu Champion Author Missouri Posts:24,536 Points:1,133,940 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:31:40 AM Ignore tessnlu Report Abuse Then NO ONE should have to pay taxes!!
hubcapLA Champion Author Louisiana Posts:3,905 Points:940,435 Joined:Apr 2009	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:29:00 AM Ignore hubcapLA Report Abuse judgemobile has it right
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uglytom Champion Author Florida Posts:7,464 Points:1,542,015 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:25:40 AM Ignore uglytom Report Abuse So?
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arb0526 Champion Author Greensboro Posts:2,107 Points:436,370 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:19:19 AM Ignore arb0526 Report Abuse Well Yankees ain't figured out to have oil companies pay for their health care.
gaswatchON Veteran Author Ontario Posts:475 Points:120,435 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:18:36 AM Ignore gaswatchON Report Abuse This would be a good way to control how many Fractor/Drilling company's move into an area after too many move in tax them then you won't have horrendous problems like in BC and Alberta
dlzastera Champion Author Minnesota Posts:4,635 Points:1,048,720 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:18:00 AM Ignore dlzastera Report Abuse They'll find a way to get the tax.
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miser709 Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:1,268 Points:1,093,950 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Jul 29, 2012 12:16:43 AM Ignore miser709 Report Abuse "follow tobacco's lead" What a joke.
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